On 2 Dec 2004, at 19:46, (Ted Harding) wrote:
On 02-Dec-04 Henrik Bengtsson wrote:I can check that tomorrow when I'm at my office. You can have a look at the image at-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Damian Betebenner Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 6:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [R] How about a mascot for R?
Excellent replies,
So a couple of questions about preferences for the mascot:
1. Does the mascot need to have a name that starts with R? Is that usually the way it works?
So far the possibilities put forward are: Ray, Ram, Inch Worm, Rhinoceros
R.oo (http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R/R.oo/), ooops Roo, which is Australian slang for Kangaroo. http://images.google.com/images?q=roo
Cheers
Henrik Bengtsson
(And of course ".oo" suggests the OO aspect of R as well).
But what appeals to me about this suggestion is that it made me recall "cartoon" drawings I saw many years ago, illustrating "leptokurtic" and "platykurtic".
The "platykurtic" was a profile drawing of a platypus, illustrating the flat-topped profile of such a distribution.
The "leptokurtic" showed two kanagaroos in profile, upright, face-to-face, with tails outstretched on the ground behind them. The envelope of this drawing illustrated the high peak and the long tails. (And of course they are good "leppers").
Can anyone remember where this appeared?
LEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
http://cc.oulu.fi/~jarioksa/mascot.html
I think this is a copyright picture, and it cannot be used freely as a mascot (and will disappear soon from this address).
cheers, jari oksanen -- Jari Oksanen, Oulu, Finland
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